Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 27, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 5:44 PM CST for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2006, 5:44 PM CST (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2006, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 5:39 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 302345
TORTSA
OKC121-310045-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0027.060330T2344Z-060331T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
544 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 645 PM CST
* AT 541 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION 4
MILES WEST OF ASHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ASHLAND...
KIOWA...SAVANNA...BLANCO AND HARTSHORNE.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TENNIS
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3460 9588 3468 9588 3469 9589 3469 9609
3488 9608 3489 9551 3460 9552
$$4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 302352
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
551 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
OKC121-310045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-060331T0045Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
551 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR PITTSBURG
COUNTY...
AT 546 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ASHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
STORM AND A TORNADO COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KIOWA...
PITTSBURG...SAVANNA...BLANCO...DOW...HAILEYVILLE AND HARTSHORNE.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TENNIS
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3460 9588 3468 9588 3469 9589 3469 9609
3488 9608 3489 9551 3460 9552
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 310003
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
603 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
OKC121-310045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-060331T0045Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
603 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR PITTSBURG
COUNTY...
AT 558 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS A
DANGEROUS STORM AND A TORNADO COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PITTSBURG...
SAVANNA...BLANCO...DOW...HAILEYVILLE AND HARTSHORNE.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TENNIS
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3460 9588 3468 9588 3469 9589 3469 9609
3488 9608 3489 9551 3460 9552
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 310021
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
621 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
OKC121-310045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-060331T0045Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
621 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR PITTSBURG
COUNTY...
AT 620 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ALDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
STORM...A TORNADO COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KREBS...
ALDERSON...BACHE...DOW...HAILEYVILLE AND HARTSHORNE.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3482 9568 3481 9574 3480 9581 3480 9583
3493 9582 3501 9550 3484 9551
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 310050
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
646 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
OKC121-310056-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-060331T0045Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
646 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE ROTATION IN THE STORM OVER
PITTSBURG COUNTY HAS WEAKENED AND THE TORNADIC POTENTIAL HAS
DECREASED. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF
BLOCKER...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
LAT...LON 3482 9568 3481 9574 3480 9581 3480 9583
3493 9582 3501 9550 3484 9551
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 3:52 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 61 min |
| Mar 30, 2:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 71 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.